With all this techno-triumphalism permeating our digitally saturated world, it's hardly surprising that law enforcement would look to technology - "smart policing," anyone? - to help reestablish public trust after numerous civilian deaths.

The NSA's invasive collection of massive amounts of cell phone data has just been ruled illegal and those responsible for the program must be held accountable. A simple slap on the wrist or demotion will not suffice to right wrongs by zealous snoopers.

We spent a number of hours with him talking about a whole range of subjects. He's truly a remarkable person, very centered, very engaging, has a wicked sense of humor, very up on world events--following everything he can in the U.S....

James Robertson said the system is flawed because of its failure to allow legal adversaries to question the government's actions. Much of the NSA's surveillance is overseen by the FISA court, which meets in secret and renders rulings that are classified.

It's evil, lawless and authoritarian. And as NSA leaker Snowden has shown us, its aims are to be all-powerful. ... The Executive Branch is also America's most undemocratic and thus unamerican institution.

The FBI documents are not only a chilling example of how widespread this surveillance and obstruction has become, they are an explicit warning by the security services to all who consider dissent. Anyone who defies corporate power, ... is a suspect.

Cell phone surveillance has surged dramatically with over 1.3 million requests made last year by law enforcement agencies to cell phone companies for users' data, according to the results of a Congressional investigation released Monday.

The FBI told the NY Times & the Washington Post that it had illegally obtained the phone records of reporters in their Indonesian bureaus in 2004. The agency's director called each newspaper to apologize. Is that enough? NO, say Senators Specter & Leahy.

the U.S. intelligence community is working to develop software that will detect violent extremists infiltrating World of Warcraft and other massive multiplayer games, according to a data-mining report from the Director of National Intelligence.